Rockin...er... Coughing All Over The World

Hey all,
Sorry for not posting in a while. After my last post, I started to hack and wheeze and all the other fun things tied to pneumonia. I have been off work for a week (NO, I am not happy about that!) and have been feeling miserable. At first they thought it was Croup... Croup?? I guess it's making a comeback. Anyway, it turned out to be pneumonia and I've been coughing up all kinds of fun stuff for the last 8 days. I may have caught it from Lou of all people. I went to visit her almost 2 weeks ago and she was coughing it up big time. When I was leaving from visiting her, I leaned over and kissed her forehead and she was coughing up through her trach. As I think about it now, that is what most likely got me. But Lou is still hanging in there. God Bless her... She is still trying to live and is battling like no one I've ever met outside of Terri.
Well, it hasn't been all doomsday here. I am happy to say that my nephew Tony and his wife are the proud parents of a baby boy. And the most touching part is that they named the little guy after me and my father. His name is not Mik but my middle name Xavier. Talk about disarming and getting all choked up... oh wait! That's just me coughing up another lung oyster!

Surviving...

Once again, I appreciate the concern and prayers from all of you. Lou is still battling. Her breathing is better. She was moved to a long term hospital facility. We just gotta figure out about her mental status. That is the really hard part. But that is in God's hands now. I am wore out and Terri is about ready to drop as well. This is really been difficult on all of us but no one ever said any of it was going to be a breeze. Like the saying goes... Faith makes things possible... not easy. But faith is what I have and that is what I will continue to follow and adhere to... Right now I'm just putting one foot in front of the other. And trying to fight off what may be bronchitis... Life is such a hoot! Just please keep us in your prayers and I will try to update here a bit more frequently than I have been. I don't facebook... I don't tweet. I just do this and keeping up with this is a challenge most of the time. I appreciate your patience with me. Spent a much needed weekend with the gal pal. I got very invigorated by simply laying on the couch with my head on her lap and her running her fingers through my hair, telling me that we're going to get through all of this stuff happening. I fell asleep knowing that no matter what, we were going to be okay. Maybe not super fantastic, but sometimes okay is good enough...

Go For The Throat...

Hi Y'all,
Thanks for being patient and understanding. I haven't even given this blog a thought. And yet I know that there are some good friends here. People who care. People who pray for me and my family. People that are good and decent people. Helen, I'm glad that you got good news on Ken. I know it'll take time, but it will get better for him. I thank God for that. I appreciate all the kind words from Bucko, Carolyn, Indigo, Melanie, Guido, and everyone else that has stopped by here to check on me and my dopey little corner of the blogosphere. We're still battling with Lou. She had to have a tracheotomy done and that seems to have helped her with air exchange. But she still is terrified and gets antsy and easily agitated. She's just flat out scared. We try to calm her down, but most times it's to no avail... but she has been out of it most of the time since the trach was put in. She sleeps a lot more. Her heart seems to be a tad better. I think the family is doing a little better as a whole. This has kicked our butts to say the least. But like a timex, we take a lickin' and keep on tickin'... Thanks again for your prayers... They are deeply appreciated...